Yesterday B and I had the pleasure of helping with the Little Red Hen activities in P's Kindergarten class. We took in ears of Indian corn and our hand crank corn grinder.The kids planted some of the corn and read the story The Little Red Hen.They had fun shelling the corn and then going through all the steps to make Little Red Hen Bread. They each got a turn to turn the crank to grind the corn, then everyone helped add the ingredients and stir the batter. They even put a little cream in to baby food jars and shook them up to make their own butter to spread on the corn bread.We had a great snack after recess! I was so busy helping that I didn't get many pictures.I think the kids had a really fun day. There were corn kernels EVERYWHERE and it was also "pajama day"!! Fridays in kindergarten aren't called Fun Filled Friday for nothing.
Back to School!?
P is SO very excited about starting kindergarten in the fall. We went to Kindergarten Round-Up a couple of weeks ago and now the talk is all kindergarten all the time around here. Preschool is over and she is revved up. At Kindergarten Round-Up one of the teachers showed a backpack and demonstrated what would need to go into a student's pack. She pulled out a lunch box, homework folder, a library book, a "book-in-a-bag", a pair of snow pants, and a pair of shoes. P was amazed. She started asking me right away about her backpack. The well trained seamstress that she is came right into the sewing room to choose fabrics to make one!
We used this pattern by Cindy Taylor Oates. P chose the fabrics, trims, and even decided on the quilting patterns.
I reinforced the bottom gusset and the straps with denim cut from an old pair of jeans.We made the small size and had to shorten the straps a bit to fit her.
I like the finished look on the inside. I just hope we can fit all of the required items in there.
P loves her new pack and even wore it when helping with the field fire.
This could be a very long summer.
